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The Sony 707 produces oversaturated colors. You can get the same results by increasing saturation in the camera. If that's not enough, do it in Photoshop. If you want to do it optically, us a linear poloarizer to darken the sky. You'll need to get the Lensmate adapter.
Cornwall said:
Greetings all!

I've been surfing on pbase lately, and found this gorgeous
gallerymade with SOny Cybershot 707:
http://www.pbase.com/elamont/myf707

I was pretty amazed by how blue the skies were. And I have real
difficulties in capturing correct skies with my G2... What are your
techniques, experiments tec...

Thanks a lot !!

Cornwall, http://www.pbase.com/robinson_crusoe
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Cornwall (Stéphane Roger)
http://www.dts-phile.com
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This looks blue to me
http://www.pbase.com/image/515773/original

I didn't use a polzarizer for this shot. Just make sure there isn't too much dark/light contrast in your picture.

Jan
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Cornwall said:
Greetings all!

I've been surfing on pbase lately, and found this gorgeous
gallerymade with SOny Cybershot 707:
http://www.pbase.com/elamont/myf707

I was pretty amazed by how blue the skies were. And I have real
difficulties in capturing correct skies with my G2... What are your
techniques, experiments tec...

Thanks a lot !!

Cornwall, http://www.pbase.com/robinson_crusoe
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--
Cornwall (Stéphane Roger)
http://www.dts-phile.com
1509.75% dedicated to DTS Digital Surround Sound
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-- http://users.pandora.be/jancastermans/g2galleries.html
 
Hi @ll!
Jan Castermans said:
This looks blue to me
http://www.pbase.com/image/515773/original

I didn't use a polzarizer for this shot. Just make sure there isn't
too much dark/light contrast in your picture.
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If I have problems with the sky and I don't have a polarizer at hand, I use spot metering on my G1. Partially underexposure resulting from this technique can be corrected easily in Photoshop.

Greetings from Germany

Chris
 
Thanks all !

I should also consider using a lesser exposure, in fact, with G2, I have heard that iut should always be set below O to get dense outdoor shots. This camera seems to have a slight tendancy to overlight shots, not the case(at least, it has been corrected a little) with the new S40.

Greetings!
Chris ™ said:
Chris ™ said:
This looks blue to me
http://www.pbase.com/image/515773/original

I didn't use a polzarizer for this shot. Just make sure there isn't
too much dark/light contrast in your picture.
Click to expand...
If I have problems with the sky and I don't have a polarizer at
hand, I use spot metering on my G1. Partially underexposure
resulting from this technique can be corrected easily in Photoshop.

Greetings from Germany

Chris
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----Cornwall (Stéphane Roger) http://www.dts-phile.com1509.75% dedicated to DTS Digital Surround Sound
 
Hi, I have yet to have chance to take much outdoor shots with my G2 (damn cold Canadian weather), when you use spot metering? where do you spot meter? I heard some spot meter the lightest part of the sky? Is it true?

Thanks,
Tony
Chris ™ said:
If I have problems with the sky and I don't have a polarizer at
hand, I use spot metering on my G1. Partially underexposure
resulting from this technique can be corrected easily in Photoshop.

Greetings from Germany

Chris
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Hi Tony!
Tony Lau #65171 said:
Hi, I have yet to have chance to take much outdoor shots with my G2
(damn cold Canadian weather), when you use spot metering? where do
you spot meter? I heard some spot meter the lightest part of the
sky? Is it true?
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Yes and no ... it depends on the scene. But yes often I spotmeter the sky ... it a bit of trial and error somtimes ... but who cares, the LCD shows you nicely how it goes.

And keep in mind, that if you spotmeter the lightest part of the scene, that it might happen, that the deepest shadows become black. Not every underexposure can be easily corrected in Photoshop.

BTW - exposure compensation is another approach for the overexposed skies ... might be easier ... but with a bit of practice spotmetering will be faster.

Greetings from Germany

Chris
 
Hi!
Cornwall said:
I should also consider using a lesser exposure, in fact, with G2, I
have heard that iut should always be set below O to get dense
outdoor shots. This camera seems to have a slight tendancy to
overlight shots, ...
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Might be ... my G1 tends to overexpose in bright sunlight ... especially greens. Most people seem to use -1/3 EC for most outdoor shots.

I wouldn't wonder, if it's similar on the G2.

Greetings from Germany

Chris
 
You can always bracket and cover all your bases. But theres's nothing you can do in the camera to replicate the effects of a polarizer. Exposure compensation, spot metering, etc. will only change the exposure for the whole picture. Want darker skies? You have to accept darker shadows. With a polarizer, you can have your cake and eat it too.
Chris ™ said:
Chris ™ said:
Hi, I have yet to have chance to take much outdoor shots with my G2
(damn cold Canadian weather), when you use spot metering? where do
you spot meter? I heard some spot meter the lightest part of the
sky? Is it true?
Click to expand...
Yes and no ... it depends on the scene. But yes often I spotmeter
the sky ... it a bit of trial and error somtimes ... but who cares,
the LCD shows you nicely how it goes.

And keep in mind, that if you spotmeter the lightest part of the
scene, that it might happen, that the deepest shadows become black.
Not every underexposure can be easily corrected in Photoshop.

BTW - exposure compensation is another approach for the overexposed
skies ... might be easier ... but with a bit of practice
spotmetering will be faster.

Greetings from Germany

Chris
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Cornwall said:
I've been surfing on pbase lately, and found this gorgeous
gallerymade with SOny Cybershot 707:
http://www.pbase.com/elamont/myf707
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I'm no expert, but my guess is those shots were taken with a polarizing filter. You can see the gradient effect coming in from the top left on one or two of them, same as on my G2 gallery here:

http://www.pbase.com/effzee/sunny_days

But I get pretty good blues w/o the poli filter, too. I expose on a light part of the sky, bsaically point where it's light and hit the * button, then recompose and shoot. I took this shot long before i had any filters:



Just experiment... a lot :o)

--Willie G.Kulmbach. GermanyCanon G2- my eyeglasses have Carl Zeiss lenses - http://www.pbase.com/effzee
 
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